Klein Tools Katapult Wire Stripper
Cuts and strips 8-22 AWG wire with ease
This is the Klein Tools “Compound Action” Wire Stripper. Compound action (in this case) means that this product uses the mechanics from energy created by squeezing the handles together to pull the jacket (sometimes called “insulation”, this is rubber or plastic that protects the wire you are trying to expose). It features machined stripping holes for wires from 20 to 8 awg wire. It also features a wire cutter — this kind of “hole” style wire cutter is fantastic for getting really accurate cuts after you strip off the jacket (if you’ve accidentals pulled off more jacket than you needed), but in most cases I find myself also carrying and using a separate standard pair of wire cutters for cutting lengths of wire off of the spool. With this easy stripping action it more than triples productivity. We recently used this product to strip more than 1,800 small strips of 16 awg stranded copper wire. Two of us were able to knock it out in a fraction of the time it would’ve taken with a traditional wire stripper.
10/18/16Klein Tools 11063W 8-22 AWG Katapult Wire Stripper ($27)
